End of White Feminism in the Third-Wave- Bria Shelby

After reading articles “Still Needing the F word", "A Day Without Feminism" and Full Frontal Feminism, it seems that all agreed that there is no postfeminism and that there is still a fight for equality today. This seems to be true as Third-wave feminism is still very much alive today. Because of the technology-heavy age that we live in today, I believe Third-wave feminism has been and will continue to be the movement to fix the shortcomings of the well meaning, yet very flawed previous movements, bringing in more inclusive and positive aspects of feminism. While feminist in the 19th and 20th century were great strides toward equality, they had their faults due to the fact that they centered around white feminism, therefore excluding many other demographics. For instance, the women's movement in the 19th century fought against the Abolitionist Movement in some regards and again in the mid 20th century during the Civil Rights Movement. In "Feminist Politics:Where We Stand", Belle Hook mentions that while white women were fighting for equality, black women were put on the back burner. Third-wave feminism has been, and still is, a more inclusive era for woman because of the fact that it incorporates intersectionality much more than any of the two. As opposed to the movements beforehand, feminism now aims to recognize all types of women including women of color, LGBT+ women, women with disabilities, women in poverty, immigrant women, etc. While it is good to have individuality among movements, it should be noted that oppression exist on different planes that includes racism, homophobia, xenophobia, ableism, etc. in addition to sexism. This generation understands that and is striving to incorporate people who are not only affected by sexism, but by any other type of persecution. Irregardless of the fact that technology gets a bad reputation, internet and social media in today's feminist movement by bringing to light the flaws of the first two waves of feminist movements and can in fact teach us more than we’ve ever known.